WEBVTT ANNOUNCER: NOW KOCO A SPORE >> THE 2018 HEISMAN TROPHY IS AWARDED TO MR RY OF OKLAHOMA. [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] REPORTER: OH, A NIGHT FOR THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS THE SEVENTH HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER AND EMOTION THAT COMES WITH WINNING A ROV O FIFE S PRESTIGIOUS. >> OF COURSE YOU HAD TO HEAR. HE JOINS BILLY IN A GROUP. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THE HOTEL IN TIMES SQUARE. WE GOT TO TALK TO MR RY. YOU COULD FEEL IT. HE SAID IT HAS NOT QUITE HIT HIT HIM NET YET. HE KNOWS IT IS A BIG DEAL. A HUGE DEAL PRE WERE NOT THAT CLOSE. HE HAD 500 OF THE FIRST PLACE VOTES. HE WAS STILL SOAKING IN THE MOMENT. >> FILT LIKE A LOT OF HARD HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS. AT THE SAME TIME AM NOT HERE AND IT IS HOT FOR THE TEAMMATE AND THE COACHES AND MY FAMILIMENT? IT HAS NOT SUNK IN YET. THIS IS CRAZY. >> YOU HAVE SEEN THE HEISMAN PARK OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM. WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO YOU. >> YEAH I WAS WALKING BY THIS THING EVERY DAY. OUR JOB AND PUT ONE OUT THERE. TO DO IT AND TO BE HERE IS SPECIAL. WE HAD OHM OKLAHOMA THERES IS A LOFT STUFF THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE AND TO PUT MY NAME IN THE HISTORY BOOKS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> I LOVE YOUR QUESTION. ABOUT HEISMAN THEY WILL NEED MORE HARDWARE OUT. LOOK THAT GROUP. SO OU BEGAN WITH SIX HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS STEVE OWENS, BILLY SIMS JASON WHITE. SAM BRADFORD. BAKER MAYFIELD AND YOU CAN ADD TO LIST NOW, MR RY WHO GOT TAKE IN A LITTLE BIT OF THE MOMEN A LITTLE KISS FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY. HOW COOL THAT IS. I LOVE THE PORTRAITS. REALLY COOL. HE HAS WON TWO AND TWO LAYOFF APPEARANCES AND NOW TWO TROPHIES. OH BY THE WAY. AND NOW MURRAY AND LYNN CONROLLY WAS HERE. HE SAID LET HIM HAVE HIS NIGHT. >> THIS ONE WAS DIF RE. I FEL DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. KNOWING THE SPECIAL SEASON THAT HE HAD COULD ARE GONE TWO ANY OF THE GUYS. A LITTLE MORE BLOOD PUMPING TAT MOMENT. AS A COACH. NOTHING YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF. THEY HAVE LAID IT OUT THERE I WAS EX XI FOR HIM. YEAH. THAT MOMENT TO KNOW WHAT THE KID HAS GONE THROUGH AND TO SEE HIM LIVE OUT THE DREAMS A HE TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE TO TO BE A SMALL PART OF THAT WAS AWESOME FEELING. >> BEEN LUCKY. WE HAVE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS ANSWER ROW NOW. WE HAVE TO START PAYING TAXES HERE. >> I LIKE THE WAY. WE WILL HAVE TO START PAYING TAXES HERE. THEY ARE HERE SO OFFEN. SEVEN HEISMAN TROPHIES NOW. SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WANTS EIGHT. HE HAS THE SEVENTH HEISMAN. >> THIS IS ROUND ONE FOR ONLY OAK AND ALABAMA WHO WILL PLAY ON THE 29TH IN THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. HE GETS THE BEST OF TWO AND THE CRIMSON TIDE IN ROUND ONE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT MAPS IN A COUPLE OF WEEK HERE. FOR CUNNINGHAM. WH

Just hours after being awarded the highest individual honor in college football, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray issued an apology for tweets he sent when he was a teenager.USA Today posted a story late Saturday night about four tweets on Murray's Twitter timeline that included a homophobic slur that had not been deleted. Those tweets were more than six years old, with one dated Sept. 5, 2012.Murray, fresh off being named the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner, turned to social media to issue an apology."I apologize for tweets that have come to light tonight from when I was 14 and 15," Murray tweeted. "I used a poor choice of word that doesn't reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not not intend to single out an individual or group." The tweets have since been deleted, USA Today reports. Officials with the University of Oklahoma's athletics department had not responded to the news organization's request for a comment about the tweets.Earlier in the night, Murray was named the OU football program's seventh Heisman Trophy winner and the second in as many years -- winning the award a year after quarterback Baker Mayfield was named college football's top player. During his 2018 campaign, his first as the Sooners' starter, Murray threw for 4,053 yards, 40 touchdowns and seven interceptions while adding 892 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground.During the summer, the Oakland Athletics selected Murray ninth overall in the MLB draft. Since then, the dual-threat quarterback and speedy outfielder who hit .296 and 10 homers for the Sooners last season has said that he plans to report to A's spring training in 2019.However, before reporting to spring training, Murray has at least one more college football game to play. The Sooners were one of four teams to make the College Football Playoff, and they are slated to play No. 1 Alabama at 7 p.m. Dec. 29 at the Orange Bowl in Miami in a semifinal matchup.If the Sooners win, they'll play the winner of the Clemson-Notre Dame semifinal game in hopes of winning the program's eighth national title.

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Just hours after being awarded the highest individual honor in college football, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray issued an apology for tweets he sent when he was a teenager.

USA Today posted a story late Saturday night about four tweets on Murray's Twitter timeline that included a homophobic slur that had not been deleted. Those tweets were more than six years old, with one dated Sept. 5, 2012.

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Murray, fresh off being named the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner, turned to social media to issue an apology.

"I apologize for tweets that have come to light tonight from when I was 14 and 15," Murray tweeted. "I used a poor choice of word that doesn't reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not not intend to single out an individual or group."

I apologize for the tweets that have come to light tonight from when I was 14 and 15. I used a poor choice of word that doesn’t reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not intend to single out any individual or group.

The tweets have since been deleted, USA Today reports. Officials with the University of Oklahoma's athletics department had not responded to the news organization's request for a comment about the tweets.

Earlier in the night, Murray was named the OU football program's seventh Heisman Trophy winner and the second in as many years -- winning the award a year after quarterback Baker Mayfield was named college football's top player. During his 2018 campaign, his first as the Sooners' starter, Murray threw for 4,053 yards, 40 touchdowns and seven interceptions while adding 892 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground.

During the summer, the Oakland Athletics selected Murray ninth overall in the MLB draft. Since then, the dual-threat quarterback and speedy outfielder who hit .296 and 10 homers for the Sooners last season has said that he plans to report to A's spring training in 2019.

However, before reporting to spring training, Murray has at least one more college football game to play. The Sooners were one of four teams to make the College Football Playoff, and they are slated to play No. 1 Alabama at 7 p.m. Dec. 29 at the Orange Bowl in Miami in a semifinal matchup.

If the Sooners win, they'll play the winner of the Clemson-Notre Dame semifinal game in hopes of winning the program's eighth national title.